Mr Mark Brinsden

FRCS(Tr&Orth)

Orthopaedic Surgeon

32 years of experience

Plymouth, PL6 5XP

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32 years of experience

Plymouth, PL6 5XP

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About Mr Mark Brinsden

Mark Brinsden, a Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Shoulder & Elbow Surgeon, served as a military Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon at MDHU Derriford between 2005 and 2013, during which time he supported deployed military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. He retired his commission after 22 years and was appointed to a NHS consultant post at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust.

His clinical practice covers the diagnosis and treatment of all musculoskeletal conditions affecting the shoulder and elbow including revision shoulder/elbow replacement; primary shoulder/elbow replacement; shoulder stabilisation; shoulder & elbow arthroscopy (keyhole surgery); shoulder soft tissue reconstruction (e.g. rotator cuff tears); and elbow soft tissue surgery (tennis elbow, instability etc.).

Alongside his busy clinical practice he is the Clinical Director for Trauma and Orthopaedics at the Peninsula Major Trauma Centre; an Intercollegiate Specialty Board examiner for the FRCS(Tr&Orth) exam; a member of the regional training committee for the Peninsula Deanery; a reviewer for two scientific journals; and the Medical Officer/Team Member for the Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team (Plymouth).

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Areas of expertise

Ankle Fractures

Arthritis (Elbow)

Arthritis (Shoulder)

Clavicle Fractures

Cubital Tunnel (Ulnar Nerve) Release

Dislocation of the Elbow

Elbow Fractures

Elbow Instability

Elbow Stiffness

Femur Fractures

Forearm Fractures

Fracture Fixation Surgery

Frozen Shoulder

Golfer's Elbow (Medial Epicondylitis)

Hip Fractures

Humerus Fractures

Rotator Cuff Injury

Rotator Cuff Repair

Shoulder Arthroscopy

Shoulder Instability

Shoulder Labral Tear

Shoulder Pain

Shoulder Replacement

Shoulder Stabilisation

Shoulder Tendinopathy (Pitcher's Shoulder)

Tennis Elbow (Lateral Epicondylitis)

Tibia Fractures

Wrist Fractures

Registered with

General Medical Council

No. 4018937

Royal College of Surgeons

No. 9016546

British Elbow and Shoulder Society (BESS)

No. 3158

British Orthopaedic Association (BOA)

No. 16161

Education

University of London

Medicine

Graduated 1993

Qualifications

Mark Brinsden joined the Royal Navy as a medical student at University College Hospital, London and graduated in 1993. After pre-registration "house" jobs in the Westcountry he graduated from the Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth in 1994. He completed royal marines commando training and joined 40 Commando Royal Marines as their general duties medical officer. He provided medical support to 800 royal marines on operations in Northern Ireland, the Mediterranean, the Far East and South Africa.

In 1997, he returned to a basic surgical training rotation at Plymouth and gained experience in general and vascular surgery; plastic surgery; trauma and orthopaedics; and intensive care. He was awarded Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1999.

He was subsequently appointed to higher surgical training and as a specialist registrar gained a broad experience during three years in the Peninsula Deanery and then moved to Oxford for more specialist training. He was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (Trauma and Orthopaedics) in 2004. He received fellowship training in shoulder and elbow surgery at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford; and trauma surgery at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.

He was awarded GMC Specialist Registration (Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery) in 2005.